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![Oakland International? Airport Terminal 2 is among 11 LEED-certified airport terminals in the USA. The 108,000-square-foot building is surrounded by channels that filter storm water before it pollutes San Francisco Bay.](https://cdn.statically.io/img/www.usatoday.com/gcdn/media/USATODAY/USATODAY/2012/10/21/leed-01-16_9.jpg?width=660&height=374&fit=crop&format=pjpg&auto=webp)
Oakland International? Airport Terminal 2 is among 11 LEED-certified airport terminals in the USA. The 108,000-square-foot building is surrounded by channels that filter storm water before it pollutes San Francisco Bay.
Port Of Oakland![Nationals Park, home to the Washington Nationals, is among a dozen professional and college stadiums and arenas to get LEED certification. The stadium lights have reflectors that reduce light pollution. Most paper goods are from recycled materials.](https://cdn.statically.io/img/www.usatoday.com/gcdn/media/USATODAY/USATODAY/2012/10/21/leed-02-16_9.jpg?width=660&height=374&fit=crop&format=pjpg&auto=webp)
Nationals Park, home to the Washington Nationals, is among a dozen professional and college stadiums and arenas to get LEED certification. The stadium lights have reflectors that reduce light pollution. Most paper goods are from recycled materials.
Brad Mills, US Presswire![The 1.5-million-square-foot David L. Lawrence Convention Center in Pittsburgh was one of the first major buildings to get LEED certification, earning LEED Gold in late 2003.](https://cdn.statically.io/img/www.usatoday.com/gcdn/media/USATODAY/USATODAY/2012/10/21/leed-03-16_9.jpg?width=660&height=373&fit=crop&format=pjpg&auto=webp)
The 1.5-million-square-foot David L. Lawrence Convention Center in Pittsburgh was one of the first major buildings to get LEED certification, earning LEED Gold in late 2003.
VisitPittsburgh![The San Quentin State Prison health services building, near San Francisco, received LEED Gold certification in September 2010. It earned LEED points for minimizing interior contaminants as well as energy and water use.](https://cdn.statically.io/img/www.usatoday.com/gcdn/media/USATODAY/USATODAY/2012/10/21/leed-04-16_9.jpg?width=660&height=373&fit=crop&format=pjpg&auto=webp)
The San Quentin State Prison health services building, near San Francisco, received LEED Gold certification in September 2010.
It earned LEED points for minimizing interior contaminants as well as energy and water use.
Jeff Chiu, APIt earned LEED points for minimizing interior contaminants as well as energy and water use.
![The Aria Resort & Casino in Las Vegas received a $34 million property-tax break for its LEED Gold certification.](https://cdn.statically.io/img/www.usatoday.com/gcdn/media/USATODAY/USATODAY/2012/10/21/leed-05-16_9.jpg?width=660&height=374&fit=crop&format=pjpg&auto=webp)
The Aria Resort & Casino in Las Vegas received a $34 million property-tax break for its LEED Gold certification.
Ethan Miller, Getty Images![Harvard Divinity School's Rockefeller Hall is among roughly 40 buildings at the university that are LEED-certified. Harvard's efforts give Cambridge, Mass., the highest concentration of LEED buildings of any city in the USA.](https://cdn.statically.io/img/www.usatoday.com/gcdn/media/USATODAY/USATODAY/2012/10/21/leed-06-16_9.jpg?width=660&height=374&fit=crop&format=pjpg&auto=webp)
Harvard Divinity School's Rockefeller Hall is among roughly 40 buildings at the university that are LEED-certified. Harvard's efforts give Cambridge, Mass., the highest concentration of LEED buildings of any city in the USA.
Justin Knight, Harvard![The offices of the Sierra Club in Washington, D.C., are LEED-certified, but not the office building in which they are housed.](https://cdn.statically.io/img/www.usatoday.com/gcdn/media/USATODAY/USATODAY/2012/10/21/leed-07-16_9.jpg?width=660&height=374&fit=crop&format=pjpg&auto=webp)
The offices of the Sierra Club in Washington, D.C., are LEED-certified, but not the office building in which they are housed.
Trey Pollard![LEED-certified Brewery Vivant in Grand Radids, Mich., features pub tables made of recycled barn wood and old fruit crates. A repurposed funeral home and chapel complex, it was built around 1915.](https://cdn.statically.io/img/www.usatoday.com/gcdn/media/USATODAY/USATODAY/2012/10/21/leed-08-16_9.jpg?width=660&height=374&fit=crop&format=pjpg&auto=webp)
LEED-certified Brewery Vivant in Grand Radids, Mich., features pub tables made of recycled barn wood and old fruit crates. A repurposed funeral home and chapel complex, it was built around 1915.
Rick Muschiana![The University of Florida lacrosse locker room facility is among roughly 20 buildings at the Gainesville, Fla., campus that are LEED-certified. The locker room includes features aimed at cutting energy use by 35%.](https://cdn.statically.io/img/www.usatoday.com/gcdn/media/USATODAY/USATODAY/2012/10/21/leed-10-16_9.jpg?width=660&height=375&fit=crop&format=pjpg&auto=webp)
The University of Florida lacrosse locker room facility is among roughly 20 buildings at the Gainesville, Fla., campus that are LEED-certified. The locker room includes features aimed at cutting energy use by 35%.
Jim Burgess, University Of Florida![A Starbucks in New York's SoHo neighborhood is among hundreds of outlets for various retail chains that have received LEED certification under a program that enables mass certification of similar buildings based on a prototype. Starbucks helped develop the "LEED Volume" program.](https://cdn.statically.io/img/www.usatoday.com/gcdn/media/USATODAY/USATODAY/2012/10/21/leed-11-16_9.jpg?width=660&height=374&fit=crop&format=pjpg&auto=webp)
A Starbucks in New York's SoHo neighborhood is among hundreds of
outlets for various retail chains that have received LEED certification under a program that enables mass certification of similar buildings based on a prototype. Starbucks helped develop the "LEED Volume" program.
Bebeto Matthews, APoutlets for various retail chains that have received LEED certification under a program that enables mass certification of similar buildings based on a prototype. Starbucks helped develop the "LEED Volume" program.
![The Gettysburg National Park Museum and Visitor Center received LEED certification for features aimed at reducing energy use by roughly half and water use by 30%.](https://cdn.statically.io/img/www.usatoday.com/gcdn/media/USATODAY/USATODAY/2012/10/21/leed-12-16_9.jpg?width=660&height=374&fit=crop&format=pjpg&auto=webp)
The Gettysburg National Park Museum and Visitor Center received LEED certification for features aimed at reducing energy use by roughly half and water use by 30%.
Bill Dowling, PR Newswire![Pittsburgh's CONSOL Energy Center became the first NHL arena to receive LEED certification, in August 2010.](https://cdn.statically.io/img/www.usatoday.com/gcdn/media/USATODAY/USATODAY/2012/10/21/leed-13-16_9.jpg?width=660&height=375&fit=crop&format=pjpg&auto=webp)
Pittsburgh's CONSOL Energy Center became the first NHL arena to receive LEED certification, in August 2010.
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